And drones are a hot academic field. Beginning next fall Kent State University will teach college students how to build and fly them. Its College of Applied Engineering, Sustainability and Technology will offer a minor in unmanned aircraft systems. It will be an option for students enrolled in any of the five aeronautics degree concentrations.

The university cited studies that indicated more than 23,000 jobs in unmanned aircraft systems jobs could be created over the next 15 years. In addition to military operations drones could be used for geologic research, weather monitoring, surveying, wildfire surveillance, security and aerial photography.

“Failure to implement this proposal will place the aeronautics program behind leading institutions that already have UAS curriculum in place or are moving to implement curcciula to address the needs for this area,” said a proposal to the university’s Faculty Senate, which approved the program in February.

The University of North Dakota was first, in 2009, and has about 120 students in the field. Other universities with programs include Kansas State University Salina, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and Indiana State University.

Today, the biggest use of drones is by the military and the Central Intelligence Agency, which operate hundreds of them around the world.

The Federal Aviation Administration is under instructions from Congress to fully integrate them by 2015. Regulations for lightweight craft are being rolled out as the FAA works through new technologies to secure radio communications and avoid collisions, the newspaper reported.

The agency predicts that 10,000 remote-piloted planes will be operating in American airspace within five years.

Students blame colleges for debt: A majority of young Americans say student debt is a major issue facing the nation, a new poll finds, and many blame colleges for the problem.

Fifty-eight percent of adults ages 18 to 24 consider rising student debt levels in the United States a "major problem," according to survey results released to The Huffington Post on Tuesday by the Harvard University Institute of Politics.

Only three percent said it's not an issue at all, while 22 percent called it a "minor problem." Yet even among people who weren't enrolled in college, 54 percent still considered student debt a major issue.

A plurality -- 39 percent -- blame colleges and universities for the rising amount of student debt, compared with just 10 percent who think students are at fault. Those who responded to the survey were more likely to blame colleges for rising student debt if they were currently enrolled in school.

The cost of a college degree has increased 12-fold in the last 30 years, which has led to more than $1.2 trillion in student debt.

Ohio ranks seventh in a list of the top 15 states with the most student debt. The average debt for a college graduate in Ohio is $28,683 and 68 percent of graduates have debt.